Dion Prestia

Dion Prestia
Personal information
Full name	Dion Prestia
Date of birth	12 October 1992 (1992-10-12) (age 19)
Original team	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft	#9, 2010 National Draft Gold Coast
Height/Weight	175cm / 82kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast
Number	41
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–	Gold Coast	17 (1)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
Inaugural Gold Coast AFL team

Dion Prestia is an Australian rules footballer who was pick up by Gold Coast with pick 9 of the 2010 National draft. He made his debut in Gold Coast's first game, playing against Carlton in round 2 of 2011 season.^[1]

1 Early Life and Pre-AFL
2 2011 season
3 Personal Life
4 References
5 External links

Early Life and Pre-AFL

Prestia grew up in Melbourne's inner suburbs, playing for the Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League. He played for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup in 2010, impressing coaching staff and scout. In late 2010, Prestia was selected to represent Victoria Metro in the Under 18's championships. He started brightly, picking up 21 touches in the opening game, but an injury early in the second game ended his championship campaign prematurely.

2011 season

Dion was taken Pick 9 in the 2010 National draft by the Gold Coast. He made his AFL debut in the Suns inaugural league game against the Blues in the 2011 season. Prestia averaged 16.5 disposals per game in his first season, and had a season-high 20 disposals against the Bulldogs in Round 3.

Personal Life

Prestia is an active user of the social networking site Twitter, and has over a thousand followers on his account @DionPrestia.

References

^ Davidson, Brad (4 April 2011), "Prestia proves a fast learner in workman-like display", The Gold Coast Bulletin

External links

Dion Prestia's statistics from AFL Tables

Gold Coast Football Club – current squad

2 Smith
3 Brennan
4 Weller
5 Harbrow
6 Magin
7 Hunt
8 Russell
9 Ablett (c)
10 Moss
11 Bennell
12 Day
13 Jolly
14 Warnock
15 Flanagan
16 Thompson
17 Fraser
18 McKenzie
19 Lynch
20 Toy
21 Taylor
22 Nicholls
23 Dixon
24 Swallow
25 Stanley
26 Shaw
27 Coad*
28 Caddy
29 Hine
30 Brown
31 Allen
32 Matera
33 A. Hall
34 Hutchins
35 Rischitelli
36 Iles
37 Sexton
38 Wilkinson
40 Hickey
41 Prestia
42 Horsley*
43 Patrick
44 Bock
45 May
46 J. Hall*
47 Gorringe
48 Tape
49 Gillbee
50 Schade
51 McQualter*

Coach: McKenna

* denotes Rookie Listed players

Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club AFL team

Full-back	Campbell Brown • Nathan Bock • Seb Tape

Half-back	Jarrod Harbrow • Karmichael Hunt • Nathan Krakouer

Centre	Trent McKenzie • Daniel Harris • Michael Rischitelli

Half-forward	Danny Stanley • Charlie Dixon • Dion Prestia

Full-forward	Jared Brennan • Zac Smith • Brandon Matera

Ruck	Josh Fraser • David Swallow • Gary Ablett (c)

Interchange	Marc Lock • Alik Magin • Harley Bennell • Sub: Josh Toy

Coach	Guy McKenna

Gold Coast defeated by Carlton 7.10 (52) to 26.15 (171), Round 2, 2011, at The Gabba

2010 AFL Draft

First round	1. David Swallow • 2. Harley Bennell • 3. Sam Day • 4. Andrew Gaff • 5. Jared Polec • 6. Reece Conca • 7. Josh Caddy • 8. Dyson Heppell • 9. Dion Prestia • 10. Daniel Gorringe • 11. Tom Lynch • 12. Lucas Cook • 13. Seb Tape • 14. Brodie Smith • 15. Billie Smedts • 16. Ben Jacobs • 17. Shaun Atley • 18. Matthew Watson • 19. Isaac Smith • 20. Jayden Pitt • 21. Jed Lamb • 22. Mitch Wallis (F/S) • 23. Cameron Guthrie • 24. Jamie Cripps • 25. Patrick Karnezis • 26. Jack Darling (PP) • 27. Kieran Harper (Comp)

Second round	28. Ryan Lester • 29. Scott Lycett • 30. Jake Batchelor • 31. Ariel Steinberg • 32. Josh Green • 33. Jeremy Howe • 34. Patrick McCarthy • 35. Ben Newton • 36. Aaron Young • 37. George Horlin-Smith • 38. Mitchell Hallahan • 39. Jeremy Taylor • 40. Luke Parker • 41. Tom Liberatore (F/S) • 42. Luke Mitchell • 43. Sam Crocker • 44. Viv Michie

Third round	45. Alex Fasolo • 46. Daniel Farmer • 47. Brad Helbig • 48. Alex Browne • 49. Jacob Gillbee • 50. Troy Davis • 51. Dean MacDonald • 52. Cameron O'Shea • 53. Tom McDonald • 54. Jordan Schroder • 55. Angus Litherland • 56. Josh Mellington • 57. Alex Johnson • 58. James Podsiadly (RP) • 59. Tom Ledger • 60. Kirk Ugle

Fourth round	61. Jarryd Lyons • 62. Jacob Brennan (F/S) • 63. Tom Derickx • 64. Luke Davis • 65. Claye Beams (RP) • 66. Paul Puopolo • 67.Andrew McInnes • 68. Cameron Hitchcock (RP) • 69. Cameron Delaney • 70. Nick Duigan • 71. Ben Mabon • 73. Matthew Spangher • 74. Jayden Schofield • 75. Arryn Siposs • 76. Paul Seedsman

Fifth round	77. Trent Stubbs • 78. Lewis Stevenson (RP) • 80. Michael Ross • 81. Jordie McKenzie (RP) • 82. Ricky Henderson (RP) • 83. Danny Meyer (RP) • 84. Callum Wilson (RP) • 85. Jeff Garlett (RP) • 87. Michael Barlow (RP) • 88. Zephaniah Skinner • 89. Tom Hill • 90. Ryan Gamble • 91. Jarryd Blair (RP)

Sixth round	92. Lachlan Keeffe (RP) • 93. Andrew Strijk (RP) • 94. David Gourdis (RP) • 96. Jake Spencer (RP) • 97. Matthew Jaensch (RP) • 98. Ben Speight (RP) • 99. David Ellard (RP) • 100. Matt de Boer (RP) • 101. Mike Pyke (RP) • 102. Brodie Moles (RP) • 103. Dean Polo • 104. Tom Young (RP)

Sixth round	106. Ben Howlett (RP) • 107. Luke Thompson (RP) • 108. Simon White (RP) • 109. Alex Silvagni (RP) • 110. Andrew Hooper (RP) • 111. Tom Simpkin (RP) • 112. Jay van Berlo (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

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